Motivated To Lead Podcast - Mark Klingsheim

This week we interview Ralph Boyd. Ralph is the President and CEO of SOME, Inc., a large Washington, D.C.-based housing development, health care, and human services organization. Boyd has extensive experience as a senior executive and board leader in both the public company and nonprofit sectors and served as a federal prosecutor and assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice. His executive experience also includes serving as EVP and general counsel of a Fortune 50 financial services company, CEO of a major corporate foundation, CEO of the Americas region of an international real estate development organization, and a regional CEO of The American Red Cross. Boyd also previously practiced law as a partner in the Boston office of Goodwin Procter LLP and the Washington, D.C., office of Alston & Bird. Ralph serves on the board of directors for InfuSystem and currently serves as chair of the Compensation Committee. He also serves as a member of the Corporate Nominating and Governance Co

This week we interview John Milad. John has 25 years of experience as a start-up executive, venture investor, and banker specializing in healthcare innovation across the UK, Europe, and the US. He had 10 years of life sciences venture experience at a family office, Atlas Venture, NBGI Venture and Downing. Notable exits include Symetis, ACT/EPIX, BoneSupport and Medcast/WebMD.  John is a Co-founder of Quanta Dialysis Technologies, which I led as CEO for 8 years. Notable outcomes include creating an award-winning, disruptive portable dialysis system; raising nearly $400m in funding; commercially launching in UK and US; and establishing trans-Atlantic commercial operations. For another two years, he served as an executive at Nitec Pharma, which was ultimately sold to Horizon Therapeutics.  John has held multiple board positions across the sector. He has been an advisor to the NIHR i4i programme. Mentor at the Enterprise Hub of the Royal Academy of Engineering.  He has been recognized in the Sunday Times Mas

This week we revisit our interview with Vanessa Bohns. We discuss her new book, You Have More Influence Than You Think. Vanessa is a social psychologist, an award-winning researcher and teacher, and a professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University.  She holds a PhD in psychology from Columbia University and an AB in psychology from Brown University. Professor Bohns has been a Visiting Scholar at the NYU Stern School of Business and has taught at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review, and her research has been published in top academic journals in psychology, management, and law, and featured by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Economist, and NPR's Hidden Brain. She lives in upstate New York with her husband and two daughters.

This week we interview Fouad Al Noor. Fouad is the Co-Founder and CEO of ThinkSono. Prior to ThinkSono, Fouad was an entrepreneur with Entrepreneur First, where they created a medical software startup. Fouad has also worked as a Research Assistant at Imperial College London, where they worked on the design of data logging and battery optimization circuit for a portable EEG sensor. This device is used to help with sleep monitoring using brain signals. Before that, Fouad worked as a Software Engineer at SAP, where they worked on front-end UI for a large manufacturing project. Fouad has also worked as an Events Manager at Cafe Parfait, where they helped design a night out for the club. Fouad has also interned at SPI Lasers as an Electronic Engineering Intern and was the Opinions Editor at Wessex Scene. Fouad Al Noor has a Master of Engineering (MEng) in Electronic Engineering with Nanotechnology from the University of Southampton.  

This week we continue our conversation with Gregg Lehman. Gregg was our first guest on the Motivated to Lead podcast. Gregg has significant experience in CEO and board director (Chairman/Vice Chairman) positions. He is a transformational leader moving underperforming businesses to high-performing, profitable companies. His expertise is diverse, with a concentration in healthcare services, medical devices, payment models, and healthcare IT (B2B, B2C). Gregg has recently joined us at SIMA Partners as the Healthcare/Medical Device Practice Co-Leader. Gregg currently serves on the board of InfuSystem (NYSE: INFU). He has held positions of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Executive Chairman, member of the Audit Committee, Chairman of the Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee. Lehman has served as CEO of EB Employee Solutions, LLC. He was president and CEO of MGC Diagnostics Corporation, a leader in cardio-respiratory diagnostics, from July 2011 until May 2014. He served as president and CEO o

This week we have Gregg Lehman join us as our guest. Gregg was our first guest on the Motivated to Lead podcast. Gregg has significant experience in CEO and board director (Chairman/Vice Chairman) positions. He is a transformational leader moving underperforming businesses to high-performing, profitable companies. His expertise is diverse, with a concentration in healthcare services, medical devices, payment models, and healthcare IT (B2B, B2C). Gregg has recently joined us at SIMA Partners as the Healthcare/Medical Device Practice Co-Leader. Gregg currently serves on the board of InfuSystem (NYSE: INFU). He has held positions of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Executive Chairman, member of the Audit Committee, Chairman of the Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee. Lehman has served as CEO of EB Employee Solutions, LLC. He was president and CEO of MGC Diagnostics Corporation, a leader in cardio-respiratory diagnostics, from July 2011 until May 2014. He served as president and CEO of He

This week we interview Dave Kuraguntla, the co-founder and CEO of Alio, a medical technology company reinventing chronic disease management. After serving in the Air Force, Dave was selected for a fellowship that allowed him to attend medical school. He received his medical degree in osteopathic medicine (D.O.). He was preparing for a surgical residency when he experienced firsthand the need for better technological solutions for those with chronic conditions. Drawing on his experience as a former NIH researcher, Dave began to explore the potential of noninvasive wearables for conditions like End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD). Since then, Alio has secured $53 million in funding to date and formed key strategic partnerships with organizations like the NHS in the UK and US Renal Care. For more information, visit www.alio.ai.

In this episode, we revisit our interview with Bill Facteau, who is Chairman, President, and CEO of Earlens Corporation in Menlo Park, California.  Bill joined Earlens Corporation as Chairman, President & CEO in November of 2013. Bill was at Johnson and Johnson (JNJ)as the Worldwide President of their ENT Division. Facteau joined JNJ via the $800M acquisition of Acclarent, Inc., where he served as the President, and CEO since its formation in 2004.

This week we revisit a conversation with Byron Loflin is the Global Head of Nasdaq Board Advisory & Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence. He is the founder of the Center for Board Excellence (CBE) and is the architect of CBE’s unique board assessment and advisory platform that was acquired by Nasdaq. Byron is recognized in the governance community for developing unique products that address board dynamics, corporate culture, accountability, and performance. His experience and expertise are in the design and administration of assessments and advising board chairs, boards, committees, directors, and executive management in a full range of corporate governance matters, including strategic alignment, best practices, board refreshment, diversity, structures, and corporate planning.  He and his team have performed several hundred third-party board, committee, peer, and CEO self-assessments for organizations of all structures and sizes. Byron is a graduate of Harvard Business School (OPM) and James Madison Univers

In this week’s episode, we revisit our interview with Lorraine Parker-Clegg. Lorraine is the Chief People Officer at Allison Transmission. Lorraine shares lessons learned in her career and her perspective on hiring great talent. Lorraine is an international business leader with in-country expertise across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.   Lorraine has held Human Resources leadership positions with companies such as BE Aerospace, Bristol Myers Squibb, Medtronic, most recently, she was the Chief Human Resources Officer at Doncasters Group. Lorraine is highly regarded for her ability to take on the tough challenges, helping organizations bring necessary change to further their human capital and talent agenda. .

This week we revisit our conversation with Beverly Behan. Bev is one of the foremost global experts on board effectiveness, having worked with nearly 200 Boards of Directors (largely S&P 1500s) over the past 25 years. She’s worked with boards across the United States and around the world on a range of issues, including the design of genuinely worthwhile board and director evaluations and the development of comprehensive CEO and board succession plans.  We discuss her newest book New CEO's and Boards: How to Build a Great Board Relationship-and a Great Board. She also consults to Board Chairs and new CEOs about optimizing their effectiveness in leading and working with their boards.  Bev is the author of the governance classic, Great Companies Deserve Great Boards, named Governance Book of the Year by Directors & Boards magazine in 2012 and Board & Director Evaluations:  Innovations for 21st Century Governance Committees.  Becoming a Boardroom Star, debuted in Sept/21 as the #1 New Release on Amazo

This week we interview Heather Simonsen, CEO and Board Member of Boomerang Medical, Inc., a bioelectronic medicine company focused on autoimmune diseases. Throughout her career, Ms. Simonsen has served in numerous executive leadership roles, most recently as the President of PQ Bypass, Inc., a medtech company acquired in 2021 in one of the highest-valued vascular device exits in the past decade. Prior to that, she held senior leadership roles at both venture-funded medical technology startups, five of which were acquired, as well as Fortune 500 companies such as Abbott and Johnson & Johnson.  Currently, she serves on the Founders Board of Advisors for Stanford’s StartX incubation program for entrepreneurial companies focused on changing the future of healthcare. She has an MBA from Chicago’s DePaul Kellstadt School of Business and completed the Executive Program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

This week we revisit our interview with Paul Batz the CEO and Founder of Good Leadership Enterprises. Paul Batz has ushered in the golden era of executive team coaching, changing the conversation about what modern leadership looks like. He founded Good Leadership to help CEOs, business owners, executives, and community leaders grow and thrive with the idea goodness pays. Paul’s not-so-secret sauce teaches how alignment, commitment, and open accountability within teams are rewarded with great business results.

This week we revisit our conversation with Christine Yan, an experienced public company board member and senior operating executive with a successful track record in managing global P&L, M&A, Sales and Marketing, and R&D Engineering. Christine serves on the board of Modine Manufacturing Company, ON Semiconductor, Ansell Limited, and Cabot Corporation. She is a member of the China Advisory Group for the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs.   Christine spent nearly 30 years with Stanley Black and Decker, a $14 billion global diversified industrial company. She was a member of the senior executive team. She held a number of significant P&L roles, including as President of Asia, President of Storage and Workspace Systems, President of Americas, and President of Global Automotive for Stanley Engineered Fastening.

In this week’s episode, we revisit our interview with Dr. Karyn Gordon (Leadership & Relationship Expert), author of The Three Chairs: How Great Leaders Drive Communication, Performance & Engagement. Karyn is the CEO and co-founder of DK Leadership, a global leadership coaching company whose purpose is developing great leaders at work and home. She has spoken to more than 500,000 people across 17 countries—including Fortune 500 companies, family businesses, entrepreneurs, professional associations, and others.  She is also a media personality & consultant (Good Morning America, Forbes, The New York Times) - and the TV resident Leadership & Relationship Expert for Canada’s #1 Talk-Show – Cityline). In 2021, she was nominated for the 29th annual RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award.

This week we revisit our interview with Steven Kwast, who is the CEO of Skycorp Inc. He is a retired Air Force General who has spent his life understanding the art of peaceful International affairs and national security strategies. He was raised in a remote African tribe and is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy in astronautical engineering. He holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He has extensive experience in recruiting, educating, training, and developing the workforce for the US Air Force. He was the University President for the Air Force’s University (Air University) in Montgomery, Alabama. He is a combat-seasoned fighter pilot with extensive command experience at every level in the US Air Force. He authored the "Fast Space" study that puts forward a plan to develop the economic and national security power of Space for 21st-century challenges.

  This week we revisit our interview with Vanessa Bohns. We discuss her new book, You Have More Influence Than You Think. Vanessa is a social psychologist, an award-winning researcher and teacher, and a professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University.  She holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia University and an AB in psychology from Brown University. Professor Bohns has been a Visiting Scholar at the NYU Stern School of Business and has taught at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review, and her research has been published in top academic journals in psychology, management, and law, and featured by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Economist, and NPR's Hidden Brain. She lives in upstate New York with her husband and two daughters.

This week we revisit our interview with Michael Bungay Stanier. Michael is the author of six books and is best known for The Coaching Habit, the best-selling coaching book of the century with over a million copies sold and already recognized as a classic. We discuss Michael’s brand-new book, How To Begin. Michael was a Rhodes Scholar and plays the ukulele badly. He’s Australian and lives in Toronto, Canada. Learn more at www.MBS.works.

  This week we revisit our interview with Sue Ashford, an award-winning scholar, and Professor at the University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business. She is the author of "The Power of Flexing: How to Use Small Daily Experiments to Create Big Life-Changing Growth." Sue's passion for helping people to be maximally effective in their work lives has driven her teaching and research work on self-management, proactivity, change from below, and leadership and its development.

In this week's episode, we talk with Jeremy Utley. Jeremy is the Director of Executive Education at Stanford’s d.school and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford’s School of Engineering. He is the co-host of the d.school’s widely popular program, “Stanford’s Masters of Creativity.” He is the co-author of Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters (Portfolio) with Perry Klebahn. He is also on the teaching teams of d.org, an organizational design course, and Transformative Design, a course that turns the tools of design onto graduate students’ lives. One of the most prodigious collaborators at the d.school, Jeremy has taught alongside the likes of Lecrae, Dan Ariely, Laszlo Bock, and Greg McKeown. He holds a BBA with Honors in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.